libgcroots ========== About ----- This library abstracts architecture-dependent part of garbage collector roots acquisition such as register windows of SPARC and register stack backing store of IA-64. Main part of the code is based on Boehm GC 7.0. With this library, you can easily write your own garbage collector such as for small footprint, some application-specific optimizations, just learning or to test experimental ideas. See this page for latest information. http://code.google.com/p/sigscheme/wiki/libgcroots Implementation Status --------------------- This version only supports non-threaded execution contexts started with GCROOTS_call_with_gc_ready_stack(). i.e. Entire stack is not scanned at mark phase. Since SigScheme the main application of this library does not need both threading and scanning entire stack based on system-dependent absolute stack bottom, I don't have a plan to support these features. If you need them, please port the appropriate codes from Boehm GC. I would like to merge it. Author ------ YAMAMOTO Kengo / YamaKen <yamaken AT bp.iij4u.or.jp> FAMILY Given / Nick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_name Thanks ------ Hans-J. Boehm and all authors of Boehm GC for the useful codes. Tanaka Akira for letting me realize about the GC problem through the presentation at Binary 2.0 Conference 2006.
